@stormshadow2000: "Hi,
I have some general questions about PVRs and what Replay TV and Tivo Offer.
Basically I have been tryin to figure out which product offers what.  In
general here are my basic requirements:
1.  I would like the ability to record the same show (i.e. MTV Cribs) over
and over again and only have to program it once.
2.  I would like the ability to hook the PVR to the wireless network so I
can download the content onto my PC or laptop and then burn it to DVD.  It's
my understandin that I definitely cannot do this with TIVO as they have
their own proprietary format.
3.  I would like the ability to program over the web.
4.  I would like the ability to download the guides over broadband as
opposed to dialup.
Those are really my basic requirements and I would greatly appreciate it if
someone could maybe breakdown which of these two products meet these
requirements and any recommendations.
Thanks in Advance,
Cyc."
    @n_simpson: "<quote>
TIVO can do that.
Well, you could get a TIVO with a built-in DVD burner, problem solved. 
Alternatively, TIVO have announced that they'll support this type of 
function later this year.
TIVO with Home Media Option
Not a problem
Nik Simpson"
    @BaoLammy: ""Nik Simpson" <email_address> wrote
<quote>
So can ReplayTV...
Not what he was asking for, which, btw, can be done easier with
ReplayTV than with TiVo.
Link to support this comment?"
    @n_simpson: "<quote>
No question, but I was just commenting on TIVO capabilities.
In what way is burning programs to an integrated DVD functionally different 
to transferring them to a PC and then burining them to a DVD?
This was announced at CES, see <url>
Nik Simpson"
    @BaoLammy: ""Nik Simpson" <email_address> wrote
<quote>
When someone asks about both and you answer that one of them
can do it, they may read into that answer that the other cannot. I
was clarifying your answer.
Someone might want it to go to a PC first. They may want to edit
the video before burning, which you cannot do with the integrated
unit, they may already know about the very pricey integrated unit
you're talking about and not want it if for no other reason than
hat they already have a PC with a DVD burner installed in it and
don't feel like shelling out hundreds of dollars more than they need to.
Thanks for looking up the link. The OP should definitely read the
link's text to learn that this solution is platform specific to TiVo
machines that can have Home Media Option. This rules out all
DirecTV-TiVo combo boxes so far and all Series1 standalone
machines (yes, discontinued for quite some time now)."
    @rsteiner: "Here in alt.video.ptv.replaytv,
"John Doe" <email_address> spake unto us, saying:
<quote>
I can't speak for Tive (don't have one), but ReplayTV provides two
mechanisms to do this.
The first is simple  highlight a show in the schedule and hit Record
twice.  That will create a repeating record event for that time slot.
The second is a little more involved  you can create a Theme Channel
for a given show title.  That will record X hours of a given show at
any time and on any channel (where X is a value you define).
ReplayTV provides this service.
My ReplayTV is hooked to my LAN and uses my cable modem connection.  I
gave it a fixed 192.168.x.x IP address here, but it will also act as a
DHCP client if that's what you need.
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